Brakpan


a city in the NE Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 Various

noun
a city in E South Africa: gold-mining centre. Pop: 62 116 (2001)

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